Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

| j. Il. MCGONIGAL,
b. GURwELL. Post Commander.
Heavy rain at Colby and ives. Tuesday
night
Mr.. Brewer has rented the City Res
taurant.
Eustis is organizing as a city of the
third class.
Russell Springs is to have First Ma
tional Bank.
The CAT Office has done large amount
of job work this week.
Mr. Lyons, merchant at Russell Spr'g s,
was up to Colby this week.
Yousse s. Duffs Eustis hack is filled
with passengers nearly every day.
VIM. Garnick, of Hale township, will
put up cane mill on the NV or of sec g.
S-35.
]. S. Warden assures us that the brick
stores north of the First National Bank
will be built right away.
The lot that Dr. Edwards gave SIS for
two years ago sold for $500 recently. No
one ever lost in Colby property.
Frank Kovar is fitting up the new har-
ness shop north of the City Drug Store.
His stock of goods is large and of good
appearance.
The Farmers Alliance of Sherman
county met last Saturday to see about
the county seat. They received propo-
sails from some of the towns, and as 9TH
ers did not report they adjourned for two
two weeks.
The Rock Island road offers to ship all
live stock, agricultural products, or any
other articles originating in Kansas, free
of charge to any point in Iowa, MinnesO-
ia, Wisconsin, Michigan. Indiana and
Ohio when going for exhibition to Coun-
ty Fairs This will help advertise Kan
sas and show people what we have in
Kansas
AS the election of County Officers
draws near the talk of who shall be our
officers for the ensuing two years be-
comes more prevalent. The Republicans
should, and no doubt will, put forth
their best men for the respective offices.
1t stands all Republicans in hand to be
united and work together, and let all
parts of the county be represented; then
victory is sure to be ours. We believe
most steadfastly in Republican principles
and those advocated by the Republican
party. Some may consider themselves
better than the party. but what we want
is true blue Republicans, and then we
can fight and be sure of winning. Cleye-
lands administration has been failure.
He has disregarded the old soldiers. al |
lowed our flag to be insulted, and been
the plyant tool of the solid South. We
stand by the old soldiers and our flag. and |
believe in the Union now and Forever.
Such is the doctrine of the Republican
party. Under that banner we can win.
under is let us fight
Colby's growth continues undated.
Colby is not in any sense boom or wind
town. Ii is one of solid, permanent
growth. When one considers that there
is no town west of Salina or Ellsworth
with so many bricks, and that all the
many residences are finished in a man.
ner to rival an eastern city, confidence in !
Colby is doubly strengthened. She has
the Newell House, four stories high, with
electric bells, with furnishings every way
to comport Herewith, elegant in all its
surroundings. She has brick store PAX
60. two stories high, full of the best as
sortment of goods. She has brick First
National Bank nearing completion, 55x
u. finished with pressed brick and pol
ished stone. She has two large brick |
stores north of the First National Bank.
under way and will be finished this fall. |
She has two churches done and one more
to be put up this fall She has about ten
splendid residences going up all over the |
city. With such enterprising and mon
eyed men, putting their money without
stint into Colby. who questions her fu-
ture. The Colby branch will be here
soon, and then lumber and coal can be
bought here as cheap as anywhere, her
trade will be collosal. She win be .
wholesale point for all northwest Kan
sas. The above are some few fac4s sboatI
Colby. but only one hnnd paxtqf1hae
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